Turbulent Times in the Amazon PoliticsBill LauranceJanuary 20, 2018Amazon, deforestation, roads, Peru, Yaguas National Park, dams, hydropower, Michel Temer, John Terborgh, Philip Fearnside, BR-319, Manaus-Porto Velho Highway, Iquitos-Saramirizia Highway, Sentinel satellite, Beni Province, Bolivia, China railwayComment
Kenya Dams Will Ruin The Serengeti Protected AreasBill LauranceMay 12, 2017Kenya, Tanzania, Serengeti, drought, dams, migratory wildlife, wildebeest, African Plains Elephant, zebra, savannas, migration, Mara River, Mara dams, Eric Wolanski, Makari Mnaya, Mtango Mtihiko, World Heritage Site, Masai Mara Reserve, Serengeti Highway, Serengeti National Park, Norea Dam, Amala Dam, Mau Forest, Nyangores River, Borenga Dam, hydropower, hydroelectric projects, irrigation, water harvesting, droughts, Norera Dam, Lesser Flamingos, mass mortality, World Bank, ecotourism Comments
Sabah's 'Bridge to Hell' and other Scary Eco-News from Asia Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceFebruary 3, 2017Southeast Asia, biodiversity, Sabah, infrastructure, Lower Kinatatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, bridge, Bornean elephant, organutan, poaching, deforestation, Alice Hughes, primates, oil palm, rubber, paper pulp, woodpulp, ecotourism, undiscovered species, undiscovered biodiversity, karst, cement, China, wetlands, protected areas, overhunting, Mekong River, dams, pet trade, orangutan, Bridge to Hell, Borneo Comments
ALERT's Biggest Conservation Stories of 2016 ConservationBill LauranceJanuary 2, 2017extinction, species extinction, habitat loss, habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation, infrastructure, roads, dams, poaching, 2016, Africa, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Leuser Ecosystem, Nigeria, development corridors, giraffe, Cheetah, Brazilian Amazon, Brazilian Forest Code, Amazon rainforest, Sumatra, geothermal project, hydroelectric dam, Congo, Congo megadams, Bangladesh, tigers, India waterways, wilderness, global human footprint, genetic diversity, China, illegal wildlife trade, overfishing, overhunting, land-use planning, Zero-deforestation agreement, ivory trade, rhino horn, orangutan, Elephant, mass extinction Comment
Silent Forests: Battling Hunting Overkill in Southeast Asia WildlifeJeremy HanceOctober 30, 2016hunting, poaching, Southeast Asia, snares, Rhett Harrison, deforestation, roads, infrastructure, dams, logging, mining, defaunation, seed dispersal, bushmeat, tigers, pangolins, wild pigs, deer, core forest, population growth, protected areas Comments
Political Back-Room Deals Imperil the Brazilian Amazon RainforestsPhilip FearnsideSeptember 3, 2016Brazil, Brazilian Congress, Philip Fearnside, environmental licensing, dams, highways, Amazon, Dilma Rousseff, PEC 65, indigenous lands, protected areas, sleeping proposals Comments
Is Nature Conservation A Lost Cause? ConservationBill LauranceJune 29, 2016Brazil, Cambodia, infrastructure, Tanzania, William Laurance, Amazon, highways, dams, illegal logging, elephants, Seima Protected Area, Serengeti Highway, no-deforestation pledges, corporations, Stephen Blake, poaching, oil palm, woodpulp, Michelin, Aceh, Leuser Ecosystem, Amazon dams, Africa, development corridors, commodity prices, China, Brazilian Congres, Lacey Act, FLEGT, Australian Illegal Logging Bill, Chatham House, Cameroon, Indonesia, conservation victoriesComment
Time for Action: Environmental Emergency in Brazil PoliticsBill LauranceMay 15, 2016Brazil, Brazilian Senate, PEC 65, Blairo Maggi, infrastructurer, infrastructure, deforestation, dams, roads, Brazilian Congress, Tapajos RiverComment
Will new mega-banks force a 'race to the bottom' for the environment? PoliticsBill LauranceApril 4, 2016AIIB, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, BNDES, Brazilian Development Bank, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, International Monetary Fund, international lenders, infrastructure, roads, dams, hydroelectric dams, mining, logging, deforestation, human rights, indigenous peoples, developing nations, China, India, Russia, OECD nationsComment
The world's forests will collapse if we don't learn to say 'no' Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceJanuary 30, 2016infrastructure, roads, dams, power lines, gas lines, wilderness, core forest, Philip Fearnside, William Laurance, Amazon, Congo, Mekong River, Eneas Salati, Sub-Saharan AfricaComment
Roads to ruin: The devastating impacts of the global infrastructure explosion Bill LauranceApril 15, 2015roads, infrastructure, G20 nations, New York Times, New Scientist, Bill Laurance, dams, hydroelectric dams, power lines, gas lines, mining, fossil fuels, road expansion, deforestation, species extinctions, biodiversity loss, dinosaur extinctions, International New York Times, forest elephants, overhunting, poaching, logging roadsComment
Scientific group worries about future of Cambodian and S.E. Asian environments Bill LauranceApril 4, 2015ATBC, ATBC-Asia-Pacific, Phnom Penh Declaration, Mondulkuri Province, Srea Ampos-Kbal Damrei Road, WWF Greater Mekong, Cam, Cambodia, Leopard, Elephant, Banteng, wildlife poaching, illegal logging, Seng Teak, William Laurance, infrastructure expansion, roads, dams, Mekong River, environmental impact assessmentsComment
ALERT scientists tell G20 leaders to stop the 'infrastructure insanity'! Bill LauranceMarch 8, 2015G20, G20 nations, infrastructure, roads, dams, mining, power lines, gas lines, fossil fuels, deforestation, habitat loss, overhunting, Bill Laurance, Tom Lovejoy, Current Biology, global warmingComment
The world's two most dangerous environmental trends Bill LauranceFebruary 13, 2015Brazilian development bank, BNDES, AIIB, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, infrastructure, G20, roads, mining, dams, hydroelectric dams, Brazil, China, World Bank, African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, environmental impacts, deforestation, climate changeComment
Will India slash environmental protections? Jean-Philippe PuyravaudJuly 27, 2014India, red tape, environmental impact assessments, roads, dams, mines, infrastructure projects, EIAs, GDP Comment
